Ballard trial

Defense attorney Michael Corriere (left), defendant Michael Eric Ballard and Louise Luck, investigator for the defense, sit at the defense table and watch Jim Acker, a deputy sheriff in Arkansas where Ballard grew up, testify Thursday by video hookup during Ballard's death penalty trial at Northampton County Courthouse in Easton.

Defense attorney Michael Corriere (left), defendant Michael Eric Ballard and Louise Luck, investigator for the defense, sit at the defense table and watch Jim Acker, a deputy sheriff in Arkansas where Ballard grew up, testify Thursday by video hookup during Ballard's death penalty trial at Northampton County Courthouse in Easton. (Illustration by William Ternay/Special to The Morning Call)

Defense attorney Michael Corriere (left), defendant Michael Eric Ballard and Louise Luck, investigator for the defense, sit at the defense table and watch Jim Acker, a deputy sheriff in Arkansas where Ballard grew up, testify Thursday by video hookup during Ballard's death penalty trial at Northampton County Courthouse in Easton.